Egypt

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Official Name
Arab Republic of Egypt
Population Full

100,388,000 (2019 UNDESA)

Principal Languages
Egyptian Spoken Arabic, Standard Arabic
Literacy Rate
74% (2015 World Factbook)
International Conventions
ACHPR (1984), CDE (1962), CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2005), ICCPR (1982), UNCRPD (2008), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Applegate 1970, Wehr and Cowan 1976
Deaf Population
WHO in 2007 found 16% with hearing loss (approx. 15 million); of those, 8% had at least severe loss (approx. 1.2 million) (Rashdan 2016)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Egypt is 20. All are living languages. Of these, 9 are indigenous and 11 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional, 6 are developing, 6 are vigorous, 3 are in trouble, and 2 are dying. Also listed are 4 unestablished languages.